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Patented Aug. 4, 1896.-

UNITED STATES PATENT FEIcE.

ALBERT A. FREEMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SPECIALTY NOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE,

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,070, dated August 4, 1896. Application led September 18, 1895. Serial No. 562,823. (No moilehl T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .ALBERT A. FREEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nutmeg-Graters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has rela-tion to a nutmeggra-ter of that class wherein the nutmeg is confined in a receptacle by means of a springarm adapted to press the saine against a revolving gratter-disk; and it relates particularlyto the construction and arrangement of such a grater.

My invention consists of a nutmeg or similar grater constructed and arranged in the manner hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, partly sectioned, of a nutmeg-grater embodying features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking toward the grater-disk, showing the flange or guide secured to the cup to coniine the disk and also showing the handle secured to the disk and to the receptacle; and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the receptacle and disk, showing in detail the flange to confine the disk to the receptacle and the means for securing the handle to said disk and receptacle.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a receptacle or cup in which the nutmeg I3 or other substance to be ground or powdered is adapted to be mounted. This receptacle or cup A is secured to one end of a ehambered handle a, which is hollow, as at a', and in which a stem l; is mounted and around which stem is coiled a spring h', one end of which bears against the end ofthe handle a, while the other rests against a projection or collar lf on the stem or arm b, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. The end of the arm or stem l) nearest the grater-disk O carries a presser-plate 7J, which is slightly concaved to-it the face of a nutmeg B. This presser-plate h3 traverses th e receptacle or ou p A in a direction at right angles to the plane of the disk C, the coiled spring ZJ normally pressing the plate h3 toward said disk. On one edge of the receptacle or cup A is formed a lug or flange e, which projects over the disk C and serves to confine the disk to the edge o2 of the receptacle or cup, as indica ted more clearly in Figs. 1 and 3. The cup A also carries a bearing e fora pin a3, which constitutes a pivot for the handle I). The graterdiskO and one end of the handle D are secured to the pin d3 in any preferred manner. The handle D is provided intermediately with an offset or shoulder d3, adapted to freely pass the liange e on the cup A, and has also a cut or lug d2, adapted to enter the disk C at or near its periphery, or by a saw-cut the disk is secured to the handle, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

By the foregoing explained construction the two cuts or overhanging lugs on the cup A and handle D cooperate to support the sheet-metal grater-disk C in operation and a minimum quantity of cast material is einployed.

In operation the stem or arm h is drawn outward against the tension of the spring h until the presser-plate h3 is withdrawn from the grater-disk C a sufficient distance to permit the nutmeg B or other substance to be ground to be inserted between the plate h3 and the disk C. The spring h then constitutes a direct and constant feeding pressure for the nutmeg against the disk C, and the latter is rotated by the handle D firmly engaging the periphery of said disk, the periphery of which where it grates against the nut- 4meg B is confined to the edge of the cup A by means of the flange e. The grated sub 9o stance escapes from the cup A through a slit or slot d* between the cup A and the graterdisk C, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Having thus described the nature and ob- 95 jects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a revoluble grater-disk,

a cup to receive the substance to be grated formed with a ange projecting over the peroo riphery of said disk to constitute L guide said handie, substantially as and for the pur- 1o therefor, a spring-impelied stem carrying :L poses described. collar b2, a, ohmnbered handle in which said In tes'timonywhereofheve hereunto set my stem, spring and cup are mounted, L pivotsignature in the presence of two subscribing 5 pin for said disk and a handle therefor pV- Witnesses.

oted upon said pin and provided intermedi- ALBERT A. FREEMAN. ately with an oset o1' shoulder adapted to Vitnesses: freely pass the flange on the @up and a. out J. VALTER DOUGLASS,

or luv, Whereb the 0'rater-disk is secured to THOMAS M. SMITH.

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